Locket.



E. B. HUGH.

LOGKET.

APPLIGTIGN lLED -AY 3, 1913.

Patented 26, 1915.

To all vrum, it m/fy/ concern Be it known that EDWARD Hoven, e oltizen of the United States, and esifle ,L D

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A further ohjeet oi 'the` intention is to provide the @over of :L tulmnwbei snioiie than that oi" the body poitionnnd into seid hoch7 noi-tion Hush with 'the outer snfaoe of contour thereof, and to provide this eo'vei with an invisihe hinge l its inner side with thzit'of the body poition, aiso to pi'ovide' soiig to eet upon 'this hinge so that when the cov-ei* is reieeseo by the catch lnemberyit Wiii outometie'seiiy open. and expose the Contents.

`With these andotheobieets in View, invention consists oi? contain novei 'eetnres of constiuetiomes"Wiii be more fully de scribed andipartieuiriy pointedont in the appended claims.

Gf the accompanying drawings: Figure lfis a pien view iihistrating the cove? es of a smaller diumetei` than that of the hotlyI portion and Hush with the Contoni` thereof, Fig. 2 is n. side elevation illustrating the eoveiset into the face of the body portion fiush with its contour. Fig. 3- is en elevetion shoiiing the body -portion in section and the cover in open position,'eiso ilhistleting the inil'ioi' set in the Cover and s spring for operating the catch xneznbe'. Fig. ei is e greatly enlarged plan View from the inside i the body portion, illustrating the hinge mechanism connecting the inner side of the Cover to that of the body poi-tion. 5-

is al, sectional side elevation of the easing, showing the hinge nienihei as connecten; et one end to the inner side of the cover and its opposite endv pivoted 'to the inner side of the body portion, the @over being in dosed. position. Fig. 6- is the seme' es o with the cover in open position. is a Yeni View of the easing patieiiy in seoy tion illustrating the sation of the spring member connecting bei" im y o, oi the easing' i an action oi the releasing ieie noon ie Seton whi Y s the eo'vei non Lwings i@ designates ort or receptacle he nmcie in any snitobie form, the some being p'eelnbiy inode in the form iooket having e ll by which it v etteo'ned to chain and suspended on e ehe s troni the neeii of the n'eeer. @ne

feature of the invention is that the eosei zneinbei if! portion, the seme heing set noition to fest noon ennuontei surface of the cover t u o oo .is j niovided i ing ene i 3 bezel or coiinl' in 'wh' is ino i'iiiroi "n ociei' hinge tnis vi ioy portion have 'provided o, subst itieily Lfs infie mein i5, one of which peimenentiy se i h3? soiriei o1' other The opposite end o' this U-shepe niemei* hinged 'oy Ineens of e pivot between the eens T S enoi this member is provided with e hp o1' ein-ved finge? 3.9 to engage the spring .to e .oever 'to open position. 'when i^ethe catch. l rm spring which prefeie'hy em- Wi'e 2G normally straight,

cle ed enger: l@ snol opposite ends are passed. the eyes 252, on either side hinge portion beni; somewnat et its miiif'iie sition when undef tension. The

exti'eme enegs of this wine exten beyond` these eyes 22 and rest eppi'oxiineteiy against oi* neer inner edge of the ioeketlwherehy the wire is prevented from en endwise V-notion suiieient to he ciisengaged from its eyes' 22 es the ooi/e1 is Worked beck and forth, Anon-then advantage of my impioved construction is the arranging or mounting of 'this sping whereby it is 'very compact and takes up but little foom in the loeket,

anni at the same time its tension has 'the desired effect of opening the cover. Then again, i for any reason this spring; shouici breek it'eonl he replaeeci Working the i means to the collar,

is fn-ide in dioinetel" than 

